AddressJob Description
Legal Administrator - Inside IR35
Contract Term: 6 months
Contracting Authority: MoD
Location: London
Due to the urgent need to fill this role the successful candidate must hold active UK Government SC clearance at the time of application
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.
To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.
Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you're a permanent appointee or an interim.
As a Legal Administrator, your main responsibilities will be:
- Liaising with the MOD legal advisor team on litigation cases.
- Monitoring and maintenance of a shared inbox.
- Ensuring record keeping on legal cases is up to date and accurate.
- Assisting with tracking legal costs.
- Ensuring good information management practices, to help prepare for legal cases.
- Keeping track of key deadlines as part of a busy portfolio and prioritising within this, to ensure MOD equities are protected.
Essential:
- Experience of working within an administrative or secretarial function within the UK Public Sector.
- Ability to prioritise multiple conflicting deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong administrative skills.
If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Thomas.Walker@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk
Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
